PUBLISHED February 22, 2026 KARACHI: Ever wondered how Netflix manages to churn out successful shows that land on your watch list and quickly become the topic of discussion among friends? The answer is simple: for every hit, there are several misses. The platform experiments constantly, learning what works and what …
PUBLISHED February 08, 2026 KARACHI: The Rip might not have released in a cinema near you, but it’s one of those films that would have played just as well on the big screen. Not only does it reunite Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, but it also restores the audience’s faith …
By Shazia Tasneem Farooqi | PUBLISHED February 01, 2026 Kamran Mughal’s Haan… Koi Hai is a profound exploration of the human condition, acting as a bridge between the intimate struggles of the individual and the collective pulse of humanity. It does not retreat into the abstract; rather, it finds its …
PUBLISHED February 01, 2026 KARACHI: Nisar Bazmi wasn’t just an ordinary music director—he was an institution. His name remains synonymous with quality film songs produced from the 1960s through the 1990s. His renowned student, Tanvir Afridi, pays a heartfelt tribute to his Ustad in the form of a biography, Kon …
Often mistaken for relevance, youth is prized almost everywhere in the world. To look young is assumed to mean confidence, competence, energy — still visible, still in the game. In a culture obsessed with speed, beauty, and productivity, youth offers protection from ageism and social erasure. But the desire to …
PUBLISHED January 25, 2026 In Pakistan, the Hindu minority lives largely in Sindh and southern Punjab, with smaller pockets in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There are estimated to be over five million Hindus (including both Jati and Scheduled Caste communities), making them the largest non-Muslim minority in the country. Jati …
PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 “Writing on Indian movies?” exclaimed Amna, my lifelong best friend. “But you never watch them, let alone follow the industry!” I smiled. “Well, now is the time to put pen to paper.” My goal is to strip away the cinematic polish and expose the reality behind …
PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 KARACHI: There are bad films. Then there are worse films. And then some films sit beyond the worst—an unenviable category that Huma Shaikh’s Item proudly occupies. From a poster that screams cringe to a trailer that confirms it, the film ultimately blossoms into a full-fledged cringe …
PUBLISHED December 14, 2025 The last two decades have transformed the ecology of literary culture worldwide, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in the geographically dispersed world of Urdu letters. Social media, with its open gates and restless churn, has become both an agora and an anteroom, a performance space …
PUBLISHED December 14, 2025 KARACHI: Disability in Pakistan is rarely invisible. It appears in classrooms where ramps are missing, in buses that cannot be boarded, in job interviews that quietly end after a single glance. Yet it is also rarely discussed in any sustained way. For most people, it remains …
